[HPforGrownups] Re: Was Lupin there when Lilly died?

[Barb]

No: HPFGUIDX 45811


 
 eloiseherisson at aol.com wrote:
 
I think his reaction is simply because he was close to James and Lily. He *wasn't* at their deaths, so Harry reliving it in front of him brings it even closer home than it was before, makes real to him something he has hitherto 
only imagined.  Remember that at that point Lupin probably also blames himself in part for their deaths. He had after all suspected Sirius of being the spy. He must feel that if he had voiced his suspicion at the time, he could have persuaded tham against the choice of Sirius as Secret Keeper.



Me: I agree with what you wrote above until we get to the part about Lupin suspecting Sirius of being the spy.  On what are you basing this?  I always had the distinct impression that Lupin was actually beating himself up for NOT suspecting Sirius, that Sirius' "betrayal" came out of the blue and blindsided everyone.  Think about what a close friendship Sirius and James are described as having.  In a way, it's good that it turns out to be Peter, as he was evidently somewhat on the fringes.  Peter's betrayal isn't anywhere of the same magnitude as if Sirius had been the spy.  Peter wasn't like a brother to James, as Sirius was.

 

If Lupin felt guilty about anything, it could have been a possible susceptibility to being drawn in by Voldemort.  It was discussed that Lupin was suspected of following Voldemort simply by dint of being a werewolf.  Perhaps he was afraid that the werewolf side of him, the dark side, would be inexorably drawn to serving Voldemort, and that was why he was lying low, so that he wouldn't risk becoming a pawn of Voldemort's against his will and against his better judgment.  Then, because he had basically withdrawn from his friends, he was unaware of what Sirius was up to (he may have thought, after the fact).  He may have felt that his withdrawal from them was selfish, in retrospect, as he might have spotted some unusual behavior coming from Sirius, if he'd only been around to see it.  Contrary to your statement, I don't get the impression that Lupin ever thought Sirius was a danger before the Potters were killed.

 

--Barb

 


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